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An elderly man in upstate New York is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly hitting his wife of 60 years in the head with a hammer at a nursing home.

Martin Turkiewicz, of Cheektowaga, attacked 86-year-old Rita Turkiewicz at the Garden Gate Health Care Facility on Saturday, causing severe head injuries, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office.

Turkiewicz then walked to the front desk at the facility in suburban Buffalo – where his wife of six decades was receiving treatment — to report the bloody assault, police in Cheektowaga told the Buffalo News.

Rita Turkiewicz was rushed to the Erie County Medical Center, where she remained listed in serious condition on Monday, hospital officials told The Post.

Police did not release a motive for the alleged attack and the McGuire Group, which operates the facility in Erie County, characterized it only as a “domestic incident,” according to a statement to the Buffalo News.

Martin Turkiewicz pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. Turkiewicz was ordered held without bail and is scheduled to return to court on Wednesday.